About the Nu Sans font family

Nu Sans is a font family based on Apple Computer's "Espy
Sans" and "Epsy Sans Bold" bitmap fonts. Espy Sans
and Epsy Sans Bold are fonts designed by Apple's Human Interface
people for easy readability on computer screens. These bitmap
fonts are also used by the Newton OS and Apple Guide.

Now you can use Espy Sans on your printer and on-screen. I was
fascinated by the towering x-height and easy readability of Apple's
bitmap fonts when I first started using eWorld. Then the bitmap
fonts showed up in Greg Landweber & Ed Voas' "Aaron"
system extension to update the look of your Mac. I had been designing
fonts for awhile and so I decided to take on the challenge of
making scalable fonts out of bitmap fonts. Driven by a need to
use Nu Sans as a general, all-purpose font, I created an Italic
and Bold Italic. I have many users who swear by Nu Sans as the
default font for their web browsers. :-)

Starting with version 9.0, I've incorporated advanced hand-edited
TrueType instructions to improve the on-screen appearance of Nu
Sans at any point size--without bitmap fonts. The regular and
bold weights are fully hinted. The other styles of Nu Sans will
get the same treatment in future versions.

I hope that you enjoy using these fonts as much as I enjoyed
designing them for you! Send me your comments at marty@scootergraphics.com.
The demo version on Nu Sans includes the regular (without the
international characters or other doodads.) You can get a full
version with all the characters, plus a bold, italic and bold
italic by purchasing the Nu Sans package. Please see my page on
how to register my fonts. Many
people have wondered why I changed the name of my font from Epsy
Sans to Nu Sans. If you are curious, the whole story is outlined
in my version history.